Crafty Friday lets adults make crafts, friends
“Crafty Friday” participants work on paper lanterns together at the Clinton Public Library. Pictured are, from left, Kathy Breeden, Debra Miller, Dora Christman, Miria Webb, Nancy Reagan, Cindy Church and Betty Sawyer. (photo:Ben Pounds )
The final product would be paper lanterns with artificial flowers, to be added later, and ready to put over tea lights.
While it may be famous for story time and crafts for children, Clinton’s library hosts this free craft activity with supplies ready for adults who want to attend.
Crafts have varied, including things like painted Christmas trees, pumpkins and collages featuring tree shapes. An upcoming one involves faux stained glass.
Library Director Miria Webb, who leads the crafts, said she likes to vary them. She supplies all the materials.
Adult Crafty Fridays is held at 5:30 p.m. on the first and third Fridays.
The activity is open to adults and teens, but not children, who have their own craft activities after story time at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays.
“Bring willing hands and an open mind,” Webb said. “You don’t have to think of yourself as an artist to make art, or as a crafter to craft.
“It gives people a chance to get together and talk; it gives them a chance to be creative,” she said.
Planning adult crafts differs from children’s crafts in many ways, including allowing for more-complex processes, not to mention box cutters and hot glue, Webb said.
She spoke of a Korean woman who was new to Tennessee and used the crafting group to make friends.
“We tend to be so isolated,” she said of people nowadays in general.
She called the library a “third space,” different from home and work where people can meet each other.
“It’s important to have a space that isn’t one of those,” she said.
“They have a chance to sit with their friends and chat,” she said of crafting participants.
